Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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Author Recounts ‘Pill Mill’ Trial In Southern Ohio
The opioid epidemic has long devastated Appalachia. Drug overdose deaths are falling both within West Virginia and the United States, but the epidemic has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the past two decades — including tens of thousands of West Virginians.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPolice Say Nurse Falsified Records to Obtain Narcotics
Authorities say a Charleston nurse faces charges after falsifying medical records to obtain narcotics.Charleston police say 62-year-old Elissa F. Smith…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Senate OKs Raising Drug Trafficking Penalty
The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill to increase the penalty for transporting narcotics into West Virginia. The bill increases prison time from 1…
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